Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)

Peter Binning

Peter Binning is a highly respected criminal defence lawyer who specialises in fraud and regulatory litigation, much of it international. He has many years’ experience of investigations and prosecutions relating to fraud, regulatory breaches, corruption, cartels, export control, sanctions and tax evasion acting for Board level executives. Peter’s current and recent work includes all of the SFO banking sector investigations including those relating to LIBOR, EURIBOR and FX, as well as several high profile international corruption cases. He successfully defended the former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank in the SFO’s highest profile corporate prosecution. Financial Conduct Authority matters include insider dealing and market abuse and one of the first FCA high frequency trading cases. Some of the LIBOR and FX related cases have also involved cartel allegations both in the EU and in the USA as well as Brazil.

Gary Bloxsome

Partner, Solicitor-Advocate. Gary has been described both in the National and International media outlets as a formidable and brilliant lawyer, and is recognised worldwide for providing clear, comprehensive and strategic legal advice to both individuals and organisations. Gary’s specialist and almost unique legal portfolio means that he is often instructed to defend both high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals who are subject to both criminal investigations and multi-jurisdictional legal problems.Gary’s work is purely recommendation referrals often from clients, previous clients and other lawyers. Gary’s client base includes individuals , CEOs, solicitors, barristers, accountants together with public figures including royalty, politicians, celebrities and professional sports persons (football, cricket, rugby and boxing). Gary’s strategic judgement when advising on  written submissions to prevent or stop investigations on both public interest and evidential grounds pre and post charge is second to none. Gary is acknowledged for his expertise in dealing with reputation issues and crisis management of individuals and companies. Gary’s current instructions include advising an individual (UK) in the highest profile US investigation into trafficking young females worldwide,  individuals under investigation for corporate manslaughter and health and safety allegations arising from the police investigation in the Grenfell Inquiry. Gary is  instructed in a number of fraud, money laundering, insider trading and bribery and corruption matters.Gary has also been instructed to defend the largest ever cryptocurrency case in Europe. Gary is one of the leading private crime solicitors and his work apart from above also includes investigations of historical sexual allegations ,art and antiquities investigations and firearm related offences.  

Ian Burton

Ian Burton is a senior partner and founder of BCL Solicitors. Having worked on most of the significant business crime investigations and prosecutions brought by the UK authorities over the last 25 years, he has unrivalled strategic judgement and experience. He is internationally recognised as the pre-eminent adviser in high-profile criminal representation. Ian has a reputation as a masterful problem solver providing discreet, prompt and clear advice to high-profile and high net-worth individuals, CEOs, corporations, heads of government and government bodies on complex and sensitive issues. His cases involve commercial fraud, international financial regulation, money-laundering, corruption, sanctions, price-fixing, extradition, tax and company investigations including acting in two of the largest back duty tax investigations ever conducted by the HMRC. Outside of the traditional areas of practice, Ian often works alongside high profile heads of corporations as a personal adviser; looking after their personal interests away from their obligations as a majority shareholder. His unique skillset and experience provides clients with the strategic oversight they often require, managing complex ligation including commercial and personal disputes, settlement negotiation and international, multi-jurisdictional arbitration. With a career spanning nearly 50 years, Ian has amassed a considerable network of skilled professionals to call upon including overseas lawyers, accountants, tax and media advisers allowing him to bring together the best team required, no matter the crisis or location for the client. “Ian Burton is probably the best white-collar criminal solicitor in London," enthuses a leading barrister adding: "He is the doyen of financial crime." "He's simply fantastic - he has an extraordinary wealth of experience to draw upon and the wisdom of Solomon," says a client. Another client comments: "Ian Burton has a huge and well-deserved reputation as the leading figure for high-profile criminal representation. He is a deep strategic thinker and has an unbelievable depth of experience." A market insider reports that "Over the years Ian has appeared in numerous cases working with high-profile politicians, businessmen and celebrities. He has vast experience and good judgement, he is an extremely safe pair of hands when it comes to managing complex or difficult cases."

David Byrne

Up until February 2003, partner and head of litigation and investigations in Dechert’s London office. He set up Byrne and Partners as a specialised litigation and regulatory practice. He handles all aspects of investigations work and represents companies and individuals in national and international fraud cases and regulatory investigations, including those brought by the SFO, DTI, CPS, FCA, Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise. He maintains a specialism and is well recognised in the field of Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise investigations.

Jae Carwardine

Partner

David Corker

Partner

Ross Dixon

Ross Dixon is a highly experienced criminal litigator working across the full range of business crime. Committed, personable and skilled, Ross takes a strategic approach to all his cases. He has achieved significant success in some of the UK’s most high profile White Collar crime matters. He advises both companies and individuals and is often instructed by founders, directors or senior executives who are under investigation. He has acted in some of the UK’s most serious and complex fraud, false accounting and bribery and corruption case. He has had great success defending cases prosecuted by the SFO. His financial crime practice includes defending regulatory investigations by professional bodies such as the SRA, the FCA and the FRC. Ross has expertise in Money Laundering matters and the Proceeds of Crime Act including Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders. He has great experience of cases that involve parallel investigations in the UK and overseas, including the US, Europe, South East Asia and the Middle East and often works closely with lawyers based in other jurisdictions. His experience includes advice and representation for those facing requests for mutual legal assistance or extradition. Alongside his business crime practice Ross has many years experience representing professionals, businesspeople and their families caught up in general and serious crime cases, whether in police investigations or before the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts.

Trevor Francis

Managing Partner, Solicitor-Advocate. Trevor specialises in regulatory investigations and enquiries, crisis management and reputation protection for ultra high net worth clients, serious fraud, money laundering and high value confiscation and restraint issues and Coroner Inquests. Current instructions include corporate manslaughter and other health and safety matters, electoral law issues, defamation actions, Trading Standard investigations and proceedings, Insider trading, high value white collar fraud, bribery and corruption and high value international civil fraud and asset recovery.

Matthew Frankland

Founding partner at Byrne and Partners specialising in the defence of national and international fraud investigations and prosecutions. Matthew acts on behalf of corporate and individual clients with a particular emphasis on avoiding prosecutions wherever possible and challenging the conduct of prosecutors. He has advised at Government level in connection with several matters including a major UN criminal investigation and disputes arising within the Oil Industry. He has conducted many investigations and prosecutions with multi-jurisdictional issues including Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Somalia and the USA causing him to have substantial interaction with the US Department of Justice. He also advises clients in matters arising from all aspects of Criminal Law including corruption, cartel offences, market abuse and city fraud. He consequently advises in large money laundering investigations and prosecutions and, has extensive experience of Crown Court and High Court confiscation, restraint, receivership and forfeiture proceedings. He recently led the defence in two SFO Libor prosecutions obtaining the acquittal of one of the ICAP brokers and recently advised members of the Board of an international oil company, in connection with a corruption investigation by the SFO.

Louise Hodges

Louise is Head of Kingsley Napley’s Criminal Litigation team specialising in financial crime, corporate investigations, FCA regulatory investigations and serious and complex fraud. Long recognised as a leader in this field, she is commended for her grasp of broader strategic issues and the practical advice she gives clients, both companies and individuals, caught up in complex litigation. She is experienced in advising companies and individuals with regard to internal investigations, frequently representing witnesses being interviewed either by employers or by investigating authorities, including those compelled to attend interviews. She leads the firm’s cross-practice Financial Services team and Internal Investigations team. She currently represents a number of individuals, including HNW individuals and business leaders, in a range of financial crime cases being investigated by the SFO, FCA, HMRC and NCA amongst others. She was part of the team representing Tesco in connection with their Deferred Prosecution Agreement and related criminal matters. Her cases frequently have an international element.

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Michael O"Kane

Senior Partner and Head of the Business Crime Department. He specialises in international sanctions, criminal cartel investigations, corruption, extradition, and serious fraud investigations. Has successfully represented many individual and corporate clients facing investigations in the UK, the US and other jurisdictions. Headline cases include: acting for a main suspect in the Malaysian 1MDB corruption investigations, acting for a CEO in the Petrobras investigation, acting for leading EU company in a significant corruption investigation; successfully leading the largest private prosecution case brought by an individual in the UK; acting for multiple Zimbabwean, Egyptian and Russian entities and individuals in judicial challenges to the EU sanctions regime; acting for a senior executive in the SFO Barclays/Qatar investigation; representing a multinational company in the global car parts cartel; successfully representing two British Airways executives in the CMA price-fixing trial; acting for the first individual to be charged with the UK cartel offence. Previous experience as a senior prosecutor of high profile and complex criminal cases. Consistently highlighted as a leading authority in Business Crime in leading legal directories, Michael was also nominated as Legal Innovator of The Year in The Financial Times Lawyer Awards 2011, is Winner of the GCR Competition Law Article of the Year Award 2012, listed in the global top ten investigative lawyers and leads the firm's sanctions practice that was awarded the 2015 EU Sanctions Law Firm of the Year by World ECR. Michael co-writes a blog on European Sanctions Law at www.europeansanctions.com.

Stephen Pollard

Partner

Elizabeth Robertson

Partner

Ben Rose

Ben Rose is one of the most respected defence lawyers in the country. For over 30 years he has successfully represented individuals and corporations in the most serious financial, regulatory and general criminal matters. He has established himself a ‘go to’ solicitor for high profile individuals seeking discreet resolution of sensitive legal problems and is an expert on regulatory and civil matters as they impact financial wrongdoing. A specialist in both financial and general criminal law, Ben offers a complete defence service. He has acted for some of the world’s largest companies in corporate criminal matters; and has represented company CEOs, directors and general counsel in some of the most significant White Collar criminal and regulatory cases worldwide. He has also carved a formidable reputation acting for HNW and well-known individuals such politicians, celebrities, entrepreneurs and their families with those sensitive legal concerns which often constitute the biggest crises of their lives. As well as criminal legal matters, Ben provides expert advice in relation to money laundering and proceeds of crime issues such as Unexplained Wealth Orders and Account Freezing Orders. He is often involved in cross-jurisdictional matters and is expert in setting overall legal strategy and coordinating teams of lawyers working across the globe. Ben’s wealth of experience enables him to formulate strategies which are most likely to secure the best outcome. He has achieved great success for his clients during the investigation and before charge and has been ensured that even the most sensational cases remain out of the public domain. Calm, organised and sympathetic, Ben forges powerful working relationships with his clients. He takes care to ensure that he concisely communicates what can often be complex legal strategies in way that that is clearly comprehensible to his clients, who are often extremely time-pressured people.

Richard Sallybanks

Partner

Harry Travers

Partner

Nick Benwell

Nick is head of the firm’s crime, fraud and investigations group. He advises on a wide range of corporate crime, corruption and fraud-related matters. He is experienced at dealing with large scale and sensitive investigations involving the handling of issues in multiple jurisdictions, and regularly advises on reporting to and communications with enforcement authorities including the Serious Fraud Office and National Crime Agency. Nick also has over 25 years’ experience of a wide range of complex, high value commercial and corporate investigations and disputes.

Steffan Baker

Steffan Baker is an experienced lawyer who acts on behalf of individuals and corporates across a broad range of fraud, white-collar crime and regulatory matters.Steffan has advised clients on investigations and prosecutions by a wide range of bodies, including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), National Crime Agency (NCA), HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). His cases frequently involve serious allegations such as fraud, insider dealing, money laundering, false accounting, bribery and corruption, and anti-competitive behaviour.He was part of the team that successfully defended a former Managing Director of Tesco UK, who was acquitted at trial of allegations of fraud and false accounting arising from an alleged £250million overstatement of profit.He has also represented individuals in connection with the SFO’s investigations into Unaoil, Serco, Libor and Euribor manipulation.Many of Steffan’s cases have an international element and involving parallel investigations in the UK and overseas, including the US and Europe. He has advised on cross-border investigations and extradition proceedings. He often works alongside lawyers based in other jurisdictions.

Helen Harvey

Helen is a member of the firm’s corporate crime and investigations practice. She advises both individuals and corporates on compliance, pre-investigations, investigations and prosecutions. She has represented clients before a number of regulators, including the SFO, HMRC, the FCA and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). She has been involved in the high-profile bribery investigations into Rolls-Royce and Airbus and the investigation into Barclays regarding the 2008 fund raising. She has particular expertise in sanctions and export control issues, and is currently helping clients adapt to recent shifts in the global financial sanctions framework. She has published numerous updates on sanctions and spoken on podcasts. Helen also assists clients with designing and implementing compliance programmes for corruption, money laundering and sanctions. She delivers training on all aspects of financial crime. Helen is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association and the Female Fraud Forum.

Sophie Wood

Senior Associate

Nick Barnard

Nick specialises in advising individual and corporate clients in a range of criminal and regulatory matters. He has been named as a rising star for ‘Fraud: White-Collar Crime’ in the Legal 500 UK 2023 and up and coming for ‘Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals’ in Chambers and Partners HNW 2022. The Legal 500 UK 2023 describes him as ‘incredibly bright’. In recent years, Nick has acted in some of the most high-profile and complex investigations into fraud, bribery, tax offences, money laundering and asset forfeiture in the UK and abroad. He is frequently involved in cases conducted by the Serious Fraud Office, the National Crime Agency, the Financial Conduct Authority and HMRC, as well as international investigators, prosecutors and regulators. He has a particular interest in the criminal, asset forfeiture and regulatory aspects of cryptoassets, and has a foundation certification in cryptocurrency investigations. Nick also has expertise in general crime matters, having provided advice from the police station to the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts on offences including murder, rape and grievous bodily harm to VAT fraud, drink-driving, possession of indecent images and misconduct in public office.

Emma Brooks

Partner specialising in the defence of corporate fraud, business crime and regulatory work. Emma has acted in various high profile and international investigations brought against individuals by the SFO, CPS and HMRC as well as other regulatory bodies and prosecution agencies. She acted for the directors of Soma Oil and Gas in relation to the much publicised corruption investigation by the SFO. Emma also defended one of the individuals prosecuted by the SFO for LIBOR fixing. She is also known for her skill and expertise in regulatory work, in particular representation of solicitors who face criminal allegations as well as representing those solicitors in regulatory proceedings instigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Emma has also appeared regularly as an advocate defending solicitors in front of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Other regulatory experience includes defending medical professionals in proceedings brought by the General Medical Council and General Dental Council.

Shruti Chandhok

Shruti Chandhok is a partner in the Government & Internal Investigations Group in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She focuses on advising corporate clients that have global operations with regulator facing and internal corporate investigations, compliance counselling, and global risk assessment focusing on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and financial sanctions regulations.

Maia Cohen-Lask

Maia Cohen-Lask specialises in both financial and general crime. Maia has represented clients in some of the largest and most high-profile financial crime cases in recent years. This includes cases being investigated and prosecuted by the SFO, NCA, and FCA, as well as cross-border investigations where clients are being investigated in multiple jurisdictions. Maia also advises clients facing the imposition and enforcement of sanctions. Recent work highlights includes successfully representing a defendant in the SFO’s trial of senior executives from Barclays in relation to its fundraising during the financial crisis, as well as representing individuals in a number of other SFO investigations including LIBOR, Rolls Royce, Glencore, and others. In general crime matters, Maia regularly represents individuals at every stage from their first interview at the police station through to trial. Her experience covers a wide variety of cases including sexual offences, assaults, blackmail, and drug offences. This includes experience of representing high-profile individuals in sensitive cases with significant media interest.

Claire Cross

Partner

Lorna Emson

Lorna is experienced in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters, with a particular focus on matters involving fraud and financial crime, both for corporates and individuals as well as conducting investigations. Lorna has been involved in several significant and high profile cases in these fields, working for banks, interdealer brokers, oil & gas companies and private individuals including senior executives, politicians and UHNW individuals based both in the UK and internationally. Lorna is a Solicitor Advocate.

Christopher Houssemayne du Boulay

Christopher Houssemayne du Boulay is a partner and barrister who specialises in serious and complex financial crime. He plays a key role in Hickman & Rose’s business crime team, preparing some of the firm’s most complex criminal and regulatory cases. He often represents businesspeople – usually directors or senior executives – who require legal representation when the companies they work for are under investigation. A talented litigator with a forensic mind, Chris has established a formidable reputation for identifying and exploiting weaknesses in the opposition’s case. As a barrister, he is also able to conduct advocacy on behalf of his clients in all courts in England & Wales. Chris has developed particular expertise defending individuals accused of complex allegations of accounting fraud. His high profile cases include: The successful defence, prior to trial, of the former Managing Director of G4S Care and Justice Services in criminal proceedings brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), concerning an alleged fraud against the government over a ten-year period. The case involved the analysis of highly complex financial modelling documents and accounting records. The successful acquittal of the former Managing Director of Tesco UK on criminal charges brought by the SFO relating to an alleged £250 million accelerated revenue recognition accounting fraud. The ongoing defence of the former VP Finance of Autonomy Corporation PLC before the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in connection with allegations made by Hewlett-Packard of a $5 billion accounting fraud. Chris has also advised individuals in connection with the SFO investigations into ENRC, Rolls Royce, Airbus, Greenergy, BAT, the Price Stone Group, and Libor and Euribor manipulation. He also has experience of investigations and proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Financial Reporting Council, HMRC and the Crown Prosecution Service. Chris has pioneered the use of technology to help fight cases, and regularly provides advice as to how it can be effectively deployed across all of the firm’s practice areas.

Kate Meakin

Partner

Emily Sheils

Emily Sheils specialises in business and economic crime. She works on complex and often multi-jurisdictional cases involving fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering and regulatory offences. She has extensive experience of advising individuals embroiled in Serious Fraud Office investigations and proceedings, including Serco, ENRC, Amec Foster Wheeler, Chemring and Petfrofac. She also has experience of acting in investigations and proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Reporting Council, HMRC and the National Crime Agency. Emily regularly advises on interviews under caution, Section 2 interviews, document requests and matters pertaining to Legal Professional Privilege. Her recent caseload has also included international investigations in jurisdictions such as Italy, Germany, USA and Portugal. Emily has also represented a number of individuals in police investigations into alleged serious criminal offences, such as historical allegations of sexual abuse. She has particular experience of working with US lawyers to provide assistance to individuals with criminal convictions who are looking to travel abroad.  

Giles Bark-Jones

Giles Bark-Jones has defended clients in many of the largest white-collar crime and fraud cases of recent times. His impressive track record and wide experience includes representing individuals in prosecutions and investigations brought by the SFO, the FCA, HMRC and other bodies. Giles’s track record includes the SFO investigation into Rolls-Royce, acting for a number of key individuals; R v Asil Nadir (an SFO prosecution involving allegations of theft from Polly Peck International); the Adoboli case (involving a US$2.3bn trading loss fraud at UBS); and R v F & ors, described by prosecution counsel as the ‘biggest case ever’ involving carbon trading fraud. Other recent highlights include acting for three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in relation to criminal charges brought by the Insolvency Service following his bankruptcy, and acting for the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus in connection with the Polly Peck/Asil Nadir case. On the tax side, Giles has a similarly impressive record including an appeal against a £60m+ conviction for alcohol tax evasion; a complex matter involving payroll companies that allegedly failed to pay tax on behalf of the companies for which they acted; and a £100m multijurisdictional matter described by KPMG and the Daily Telegraph as “one of the biggest direct tax frauds in UK history”. He also assisted a number of clients in National Crime Agency and SKAT investigations into a £1.5bn fraud against the tax authorities in a number of countries, and has defended in large-scale money laundering SFO investigations. Giles is an expert in serious general crime as well as criminal fraud, and his practice includes high-profile murder/manslaughter cases, sexual offences cases, and cases involving offences under anti-terrorism legislation.

Mark Beardsworth

Partner

John Binns

Partner

Neill Blundell

Neill is head of the firm’s corporate crime and investigations practice. He is a specialist white collar defence and criminal investigations lawyer who advises both individuals and corporates on compliance, pre-investigations, investigations and prosecutions conducted by agencies such as the SFO, FCA, CMA, HMRC, NCA, Civil Aviation Authority and the CPS. He also assists in multi-jurisdictional investigations involving agencies such as the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the FIOD (Netherlands), the US Department of Justice, the US Securities & Exchange Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Neill has significant experience of acting for clients (both corporates and individuals) facing criminal investigations and prosecutions. He has been involved in some of the highest profile bribery investigations into BAE, Rolls-Royce and Airbus, as well as benchmark rigging (LIBOR) and the investigation into Barclays regarding the 2008 fund raising. He is also an expert on building anti-fraud, anti-bribery and Criminal Finance Act compliance programmes and in providing the training for clients in anti-fraud and culture awareness. Neill is a qualified solicitor-advocate.

Shaul Brazil

Shaul Brazil is a partner at BCL specialising in business crime and regulatory enforcement. Recommended in Chambers UK and Chambers HNW, he is also ranked as an expert in Who’s Who Legal (Business Crime Defence and Investigations). Shaul specialises in acting for individuals and companies in complex cross-border matters. He has extensive experience advising on multi-jurisdictional corruption and fraud investigations, asset recovery proceedings (in the UK and overseas), and extradition proceedings (in particular, politically motivated requests). He has acted in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO and many other UK and overseas enforcement authorities. Shaul also has broad experience acting in ancillary matters such as judicial review proceedings, FCA investigations and applications to Interpol for the deletion of notices or diffusions. He advises companies in relation to regulatory and criminal law issues such as anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money laundering compliance, data protection and responding to requests for assistance in law enforcement investigations.

Antony Brown

Senior Partner

Roger Burlingame

Partner

Daniel Cundy

Partner, London office Specialising in white-collar criminal defence, crisis management and the co-head of the firm’s dispute resolution department, Daniel advises company directors and officers and private individuals. He represents those facing serious and often highly sensitive enquiries and investigations. Daniel is regularly instructed to advise and to defend in large and complex cases, which involve allegations of corporate wrongdoing, corruption, bribery, sanctions breaches, corporate and personal tax evasion, VAT and duty evasion and allegations of frauds involving investments, pensions, property, mortgages and insurance, banking and insider dealing, brought by and involving authorities including the Serious Fraud Office, National Crime Agency, HMRC, Financial Conduct Authority, US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Office of Public Prosecution (Germany), the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate (India) and the police. Daniel provides discreet advice and assistance to high profile, high net and very high net worth individuals and to a number of national organisations. Daniel currently acts for a client in what is the highest profile case on the world stage in the last century. Daniel is experienced and adept at dealing with multi-media, multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional working groups. He works with a network of lawyers internationally and is praised for tactical and strategic acumen, clear and comprehensive advice, strong guidance and client support and fearless dogged tenacity. Daniel advises and assists in relation to a range of regulatory matters involving various specialist bodies, which have included the Electoral Commission, the Charity Commission, the Financial Conduct Authority, the England and Wales Cricket Board and National Trading Standards. Daniel is highly experienced at providing effective representation for persons being interviewed by investigative bodies and dealing with the realities and aftermath of raids and search warrants – including judicial challenges to them, as well as legal professional privilege matters. He has brought about high profile stays of prosecution in a number of large cases, for reasons of successful abuse of process arguments and he has brought about a change to the BBC Trust policy and protocol for film crews attending raids, as a result of a successful application for a stay of prosecution for reason of a rare, ‘limb two’, abuse of process argument, resulting from the conduct of the police and the BBC in the course and conduct of a criminal investigation. Daniel acted for the first defendant in what is said to have been the largest and most complex tax fraud case ever prosecuted by HMRC and he continues to represent general counsel from a large mining company which is subject to very long-running SFO multi-jurisdictional investigation. He has acted for senior journalists, politicians, well-known personalities, sportsmen and senior royalty. Daniel deals with proceeds of crime and money laundering matters, including cash detention and forfeiture, account freezing orders, restraint orders, freezing orders and confiscation proceedings.

Caroline Day

Caroline is a partner specialising in complex fraud and financial crime and represents individuals and corporates in complex global investigations. She acts in investigations and prosecutions brought by various agencies including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). She has extensive experience advising in a wide range of alleged financial misconduct, including serious fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption, and cartels. Her practice encompasses both domestic and cross border matters. Caroline also conducts internal investigations on behalf of her corporate clients. She has led numerous investigations into allegations of wrongdoing, and has a particular interest in cases with an international dimension. Much of her work is high profile and multi-jurisdictional.

Shula de Jersey

She is an expert in all areas of white-collar crime including high profile fraud, money laundering and corruption. She specialises in representing individuals in complex and serious fraud proceedings, health and safety and corporate manslaughter cases and has handled a number of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigations. These include Operation Holbein, Langbar, Mabey and Johnson, the Beijing Olympics ticket fraud, Kaupthing, Swift, FOREX and Euribor. She also has experience representing clients in all areas of criminal law including serious crime and she regularly represents clients at police station interviews. Shula has had numerous articles published in The Lawyer, Legal Week, In-House Lawyer and Telegraph Online and has lectured on corporate manslaughter legislation. She is a consultant editor for Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime.

Joanna Dimmock

Joanna Dimmock is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Ms. Dimmock has broad experience representing individuals and corporates. She has particular expertise in international corruption, criminal cartels, economic sanctions, extradition, mutual legal assistance, private prosecutions and FCA investigations, and many of these cases have an international component. Ms Dimmock frequently acts in high-profile and sensitive cases against the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, the police, and other agencies, both in the UK and overseas.

Cindy Dorrington

Managing Partner

Tom Epps

Tom is a partner in our White Collar Defense & Investigations team. He has been involved in many of the UK’s largest and most complex fraud investigations and prosecutions over the last 20 years.

Nicola Finnerty

Nicola is a leading criminal defence expert in white collar and business crime, general criminal defence, and proceeds of crime and asset forfeiture. Her expertise includes dealing with fraud, bribery and corruption, cartels, insider dealing, money laundering, and director’s disqualification.Over the last 25 years she has been involved in many of the most high-profile, complex criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions. She represents high net worth individuals, multi-national corporate clients, financial institutions and professional firms in investigations and proceedings brought by all the UK enforcement agencies including the SFO, FCA, CMA, HMRC, NCA, and other prosecuting bodies.She conducts and advises in internal investigations and is regularly appointed as an independent legal advisor. She also advises on matters relating to Mutual Legal Assistance.Nicola has a wider criminal defence practice and has significant experience of representing suspects during the investigatory stage or while held in police custody and during police interview.

Sara George

Partner

Jonathan Grimes

Jonathan is an experienced criminal lawyer specialising in serious and complex cases. A leader in the field of Proceeds of Crime work, he has particular expertise dealing with law enforcement applications that seek to freeze or seize assets. His business crime practice includes all areas of financial crime and regulatory matters, including corruption, money laundering, anti-competitive behaviour, insider dealing, market manipulation, and fraud, often for HNW individuals. Jonathan also represents companies and individuals during the initial police and Health and Safety Executive investigation, through to the conclusion of cases at inquests or in the criminal courts. He has extensive trial experience over many years across all areas of crime. He acts as independent legal adviser in investigations of all kinds, many in the banking sector, attending numerous interviews with employers and regulators both in the UK and abroad. A number of his cases have involved advising individuals following requests from overseas authorities for UK assistance under Mutual Legal Assistance treaties. He is also Kingsley Napley’s Money Laundering Reporting officer.

Julian Hayes

Partner

David Janes

Senior Partner of Janes Solicitors. David is exceptionally highly regarded in the profession and one of the leading and most experienced criminal lawyers. He is considered to be ‘a brilliant tactician’ and has been involved in a number of the highest profile cases and leading authorities. David is continuously highly ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. David has an unrivalled reputation in the field of serious and complex fraud and cases involving direct and indirect taxation. He has successfully represented clients in the most complex and difficult of cases many of which have attracted national media interest – such as his client’s acquittal in the Libor case. He also specialises in defending allegations of bribery and corruption, alleged corporate offences, and all aspects relating to the proceeds of crime. He is experienced in regulatory matters and civil recovery. Notable cases: Preddie (leading mortgage case), Operation Elveden (Deputy Editor of The Sun),  SFO v Allied Deals Metal, Olympic ticket case, Fergal Lynch a defendant in the “horse racing trial of the century", R-v-Lunn (Operation Edgewood), GP Noble pension case, Operation Crystallite (major tax avoidance re: film investment scheme – 2 defendants), R-v-Goodman & others (acquittal of broker in Libor fixing scandal), Operation Aquamarine (£40 million mortgage fraud against well known banking institutes), Operation Amazon (largest HMRC prosecution – income tax deferral in R&D carbon credit scheme), Operation Lunar (dismissal of charges in complex tax scheme prosecution against ex partner of KPMG in Zeus tax scheme alleging £300 million tax avoidance), representing 9 senior executives in the SFO Rolls Royce investigation.

Andrew Katzen

Partner and head of department

Jill Lorimer

Jill is a partner in Kingsley Napley’s Financial Services Group. She has an extensive track record in advising firms and individuals facing regulatory and criminal investigations by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Having recently completed a 12 month secondment in the Criminal Prosecutions Team at the FCA, Jill has particular insight into the organisation’s approach to the investigation and prosecution of serious financial offences. Jill has particular experience in advising those facing insider dealing / market abuse and market manipulation allegations and offences under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). She also advises a number of authorised firms including private banks, wealth management firms and brokerages in respect of supervisory and enforcement issues. More generally, Jill has a broad fraud practice and has involvement in many of the largest Serious Fraud Office investigations. Jill has written widely on cyber-crime and has a particular interest in the regulatory and criminal aspects of crypto-assets and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).Chapter contributor to:Kingsley Napley: Serious Fraud, Investigation and Trial (4th edition, Lexis Nexis)Cyber Security: Law and Guidance (Bloomsbury Professional)

Alun Milford

Jasvinder Nakhwal

Partner in the business crime team. Jasvinder is renowned for her specialism in acting for corporate and individual clients in fraud-related criminal investigations and prosecutions brought by domestic and international authorities. She has particularly strong experience in extradition, INTERPOL and mutual legal assistance matters, corporate internal investigations, cartel investigations undertaken by various competition authorities, and acting for corporate and individual clients in inquests. Jasvinder's cases are largely multi-jurisdictional in nature. She acted for the managing director of Dunlop Oil and Marine Ltd, the first person to be charged with the UK criminal cartel offence, and was involved in securing the innovative 'Marine Hose Deal' with the US DOJ. She also represented two of the four British Airways executives facing allegations of price-fixing in the first contested trial of its kind in the UK, resulting in acquittals for all four individuals. She acts for William Browder and Hermitage Capital Management Ltd, in which INTERPOL agreed not to issue any Red Notice requested by the Russian authorities against her client. Jasvinder acts for a UK bank in the SFO's LIBOR investigation, an individual in a significant insider dealing case prosecuted by the FCA and senior individuals in a US investment bank who are subject to a foreign criminal trial process. Jasvinder also acts in Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 cash seizure, corruption and money laundering cases. A contributing author to 'The Law of Criminal Cartels Practice and Procedure', she regularly writes and speaks on her areas of expertise.

Rebecca Niblock

Rebecca is one of the UK’s leading extradition practitioners and heads the firm’s extradition team. She has successfully defended a large number of persons requested for extradition by other states, both inside and outside the EU. Her practice also encompasses other matters with an international component, including sanctions cases and Mutual Legal Assistance requests.Rebecca also advises on a wide range of white collar crime investigations including serious fraud, money laundering, cartel and corruption specialising in cases involving multi-jurisdictional elements. She has many years of experience of dealing with domestic criminal matters, from sexual offences to offences involving violence or drugs.Rebecca is a co-founder of the Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum, co-author of Extradition Law: A Practitioners Guide and author of the chapter on Extradition in Abuse of Process by Colin Wells.

Jessica Parker

Partner

Jonathan Pickworth

Jonathan Pickworth is Head of the London Investigations and White Collar Defense practice. He has more than three decades of experience representing corporates and individuals in investigations by U.K. and international agencies. He also advises firms on internal investigations, due diligence, compliance, and risk in relation to criminal and regulatory matters. Mr. Pickworth’s practice focuses on allegations relating to money laundering, corruption, market misconduct, fraud, tax evasion, and insider trading. He frequently interacts with the Serious Fraud Office, the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, the police, and other agencies.

Michael Potts

Michael specialises in the defence of business crime and regulatory investigations and prosecutions. He has acted in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions brought against individuals by the SFO, FCA, NCA and other regulatory bodies and prosecution agencies. Many of Michael's cases have an international dimension involving overseas authorities such as the US DOJ, SEC or CFTC and other prosecution agencies and regulators from other jurisdictions.  He also advises both individuals and corporates who have to deal with international mutual legal assistance requests. In addition and as a member of the Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force he advises companies and professional firms on their anti-money-laundering compliance. He is a solicitor-advocate (Higher Courts Criminal and Civil Proceedings).

Pamela Reddy

Kevin Roberts

Kevin Roberts is a partner in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, resident in the London office. Specialising in regulatory compliance and investigations and white collar crime, Kevin’s practice ranges from regulatory matters dealt with by the Financial Conduct Authority, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, and the Health and Safety Executive, to prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Kevin advises corporations and individuals on money laundering compliance and investigations; anti-corruption and regulatory compliance; asset-tracing and recovery; tax investigations; and fraud. As part of his global practice, Kevin advises clients on mutual assistance requests and extradition. He also counsels them on Parliamentary Select Committee appearances.  Kevin is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

Ian Ryan

Ian Ryan is a Partner and Head of the Business Crime and Regulatory team. He is a white-collar crime lawyer specialising in serious fraud and acting in serious and high-profile matters both domestically and internationally. Ian heads the firm's well regarded Business Crime team. Ian has over 25 years' experience dealing with a full range of business crime and serious fraud investigations. This includes investigations by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Competition Markets Authority (CMA), the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). He advises on investigations from the early stages through to and including contested jury trials. His primary focus is acting for clients in SFO investigations. He is representing senior individuals in SFO investigations into Euribor, Patisserie Valerie, Amec Foster Wheeler, and ENRC (Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation). Ian successfully represented Achim Kraemer, the only defendant acquitted in the first Euribor trial in June 2018. He has previously acted on the SFO investigations into Rolls Royce, GSK, Tesco, Harlequin and represented Vincent Tchenguiz on his arrest by the SFO and subsequent search of his business premises. Ian also acts for corporates on production orders, dawn raids, confiscation proceedings, warrants and the extent of legal professional privilege. He has represented both multi-nationals and individuals in numerous internal investigations. Ian has specialist experience in solicitors' disciplinary work and SRA investigations and is skilled at representing General Counsel caught up in SFO investigations. Ian has a niche specialism in money laundering and was previously a member of the Law Society's Money Laundering Taskforce. He is a member of the Law Society's AML directory providing advice to solicitors. Ian continues to represent high-net-worth individuals (celebrities, politicians and sports people) in general criminal matters.

Andrew Smith

Partner

Brian Spiro

Partner

Neil Swift

Neil is a partner in the Business Crime department with extensive experience advising individual and corporate clients concerned with investigations by law enforcement and regulatory authorities, both domestic and overseas. Neil advises individual and corporate clients in relation to investigation, prosecution and enforcement action taken by the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority and HM Revenue & Customs. He has experience advising key participants in high-profile and international financial crime and corruption cases, often as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams. His advice is frequently sought at an early stage, and he has extensive experience counselling individuals during internal investigations being carried out by their employer. He also advises individuals who are or may be the subject of Interpol notices or extradition proceedings, arising from investigations overseas. He advises professional firms about their regulatory obligations, both from a risk management perspective and in response to requests from law enforcement. Neil was a contributing author to Blackstone's Guide to the Bribery Act 2010 and gave evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Bribery Act in 2018. He’s a frequent speaker, writer and commentator on fraud, corporate crime, corruption and money laundering. He is ranked in leading legal directories.

Sara Teasdale

Managing Partner

Nick Vamos

Nick has over 20 years of criminal law experience focussed on international, high-profile and sensitive matters. Before joining the firm, Nick was Head of Special Crime at the Crown Prosecution Service, overseeing the most complex casework in the CPS including corporate manslaughter, election fraud, police corruption, medical manslaughter and deaths in police custody. Prior to that, Nick held the three most senior international prosecution posts: Head of Extradition; Head of the UK Central Authority for Mutual Legal Assistance; and liaison prosecutor in Washington DC, where he worked closely with the Department of Justice on UK/US investigations. Nick now applies his unique insight and expertise on behalf of clients across the full range of business and general crime. He acts for individuals in high-profile extradition, INTERPOL Red Notice and mutual legal assistance cases, as well as fraud, money laundering, export controls and related offences. Nick also represents clients accused of sexual offences, especially in connection with their employment. Nick’s advice is routinely sought by individuals and corporations looking to bring or defend private prosecutions and, since January 2020, he has been representing the Post Office in the largest series of criminal appeals in UK legal history.

Johanna Walsh

Johanna Walsh is a Partner in the White Collar Crime & Investigations Group. She has experience in domestic and international serious fraud, corruption and money laundering cases, acting for senior individuals in prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA and CPS, as well as investigations by the NCA. Johanna has also acted for a range of corporates, from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies in relation to allegations of fraud and corruption, conducting internal investigations and representing them in external investigations and prosecutions. Johanna is named in Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019 for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime. She is named as a leading individual in Business Crime Defence in the 2019 edition of Who's Who Legal, as well as an Investigations Future Leader in Who's Who Legal's 2019 and 2018 editions, which notes that "her expertise in multi-jurisdictional investigations involving state authorities makes her a go-to practitioner." She was also recognised in the 2017 edition of 40 Under 40 by the Global Investigations Review, recognising accomplished young investigations lawyers who will help shape the future of this fast-evolving area of law. Johanna is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association.

Katie Wheatley

Partner, Head of Crime, Fraud and Regulatory. Katie has vast experience in many areas of criminal law. She acts for and advises individual clients and organisations about a range of criminal and regulatory law issues, including investigations and prosecutions. Katie advises in connection with investigations and prosecutions for allegations of serious fraud financial and business crime, including conspiracy to defraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and money laundering. She also acts for and advises employees, directors trustees and organisations in connection with allegations and investigations and prosecutions of business crime, including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence and unlawful act manslaughter, Health and Safety breaches, theft and assault. She advises in connection with individual liability for allegations of criminal misconduct in the workplace and criminal liability of organisations for the acts of their employees. Katie also has special expertise in private prosecutions. She has established a particularly strong reputation for advising journalists and media organisations, especially in investigations relating to their work, including arrests, searches, production orders, protection of journalist material, whistleblowing and allegations of breaches of the Official Secrets Act, whistle-blowers or undercover operations which have attracted police interest or attention. She regularly advises about the intersection of the criminal law with the work of journalists and acts in respect of investigations and prosecutions for breach of court reporting restrictions. Katie also acts in criminal cases involving allegations of serious general crime including murder and manslaughter. She has special experience in advising in connection with allegations that relate to end of life decisions such as encouraging and assisting suicide and 'mercy killings.' She acts for individuals and organisations who are designated Interested Parties at Inquests in circumstances where a person’s death is unexplained or is believed to have occurred as a result of a criminal act. In addition, Katie acts for landlords in criminal and regulatory cases involving allegations of breaches of regulations relating to properties, including houses of multiple occupations, fire safety, planning and tree preservation.